Marquez fastest on day one at the Red Bull GP of the Americas, with Pedrosa fifth

There was a positive start to the Grand Prix of the Americas for the Repsol Honda Team, with Marc Marquez leading the field at the end of day one and Dani Pedrosa in fifth.

Both Marc and Dani improved during the day, the former knocking 1.439” off his pace from the morning to move to the top from second place, the latter improving by 1.298” to get into top five.

FP3 will begin tomorrow at 9:55 a.m.

Marc Marquez

1st2'04.061

“Today went well enough and in the second session I started to feel more comfortable on the bike, but there are some areas of the setup where we need to keep working hard, especially to improve the feeling with the front. The positive is that over the course of the day, we were able to complete a lot of work and try all the tyres, even the soft one, to see how the bike reacts. In the afternoon we also took a step forward with the electronics, finding a good enough base, although we also want to sort out some more details there to improve the bike’s behaviour on the bumps. I look forward to tomorrow, to continue the good work on the bike and on myself as well, I also can improve in T4.”

Dani Pedrosa

5th2'04.811

“We were able to improve after the first practice session and to try some more things with the setup, and also with the tyres. We must do a good job of using the information we gathered today in order to take another step forward tomorrow. We’re especially looking to improve in the first and third sectors, and to prepare for the race as well as possible.”

MotoGP 2017Friday, April 21st 2017

Practice
Round 3
Grand Prix of The AmericasAmericas

FREE PRACTICE 2 Results

Pos.

Rider

Num

Nation

Team

Constructor

Time/Gap

1

Marquez Marc

93

SPA

Repsol Honda Team

Honda

2'04.061

2

Zarco Johann

5

FRA

Monster Yamaha Tech 3

Yamaha

0.286

3

Vinales Maverick

25

SPA

Movistar Yamaha MotoGP

Yamaha

0.390

4

Rossi Valentino

46

ITA

Movistar Yamaha MotoGP

Yamaha

0.745

5

Pedrosa Dani

26

SPA

Repsol Honda Team

Honda

0.750

6

Dovizioso Andrea

4

ITA

Mission Winnow Ducati

Ducati

0.769

7

Crutchlow Cal

35

GBR

LCR Honda

Honda

0.944

8

Folger Jonas

94

GER

Monster Yamaha Tech 3

Yamaha

0.972

9

Redding Scott

45

GBR

Octo Pramac Racing

Ducati

1.055

10

Iannone Andrea

29

ITA

Team Suzuki Ecstar

Suzuki

1.081

11

Lorenzo Jorge

99

SPA

Mission Winnow Ducati

Ducati

1.221

12

Petrucci Danilo

9

ITA

Octo Pramac Racing

Ducati

1.223

13

Miller Jack

43

AUS

Marc VDS Racing Team

Honda

1.402

14

Espargaro Aleix

41

SPA

Aprilia Racing Team Gresini

Aprilia

1.407

15

Barbera Hector

8

SPA

Reale Avintia Racing

Ducati

1.523

16

Bautista Alvaro

19

SPA

Pull&Bear Aspar Team

Ducati

1.541

17

Rabat Tito

53

SPA

Marc VDS Racing Team

Honda

1.882

18

Rins Alex

42

SPA

Team Suzuki Ecstar

Suzuki

2.094

19

Baz Loris

76

FRA

Reale Avintia Racing

Ducati

2.297

20

Espargaro Pol

44

SPA

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

Yamaha

2.442

21

Abraham Karel

17

CZE

Pull&Bear Aspar Team

Ducati

2.648

22

Lowes Sam

22

GBR

Aprilia Racing Team Gresini

Aprilia

2.680

23

Smith Bradley

38

GBR

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

KTM

3.373

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Location Information

The Circuit Of The Americas is the first purpose-built Grand Prix facility in the U.S. near Austin, Texas, with a 5.513km track and a capacity for 120,000 fans. Construction of the impressive 1000-acre facility was completed late in 2012, with MotoGP lining up at the track for the first time… read more.

Location Information

The Circuit Of The Americas is the first purpose-built Grand Prix facility in the U.S. near Austin, Texas, with a 5.513km track and a capacity for 120,000 fans. Construction of the impressive 1000-acre facility was completed late in 2012, with MotoGP lining up at the track for the first time… read more.